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So i'm a noob, why am I also teemed up with toxic "pros" in solo queue?

STOPAC··2 votes·1,038 views

Look, I get it. I'm not playing the way you want me to and you could do better. My point is, the amount of time I've put into this game is probably around less than a month. I don't know all the champs. I don't know all the ults to the champs. I don't know all their mechanics. I don't know If one champ does attack damage or magic damage.

I try to let people know i'm new from the very beginning so they can dodge or whatever the hell it's called. For someone who's like less than a month in total game time I think i'm at least showing the effort by trying to read up on terminology and stuff regarding ults, champ roles, etc etc.

So why does this game pair me with all these super player people? And why don't they leave when i mention just how new I am. I want to love this game it's fun when i'm with my friends but the kicker is that they're all max level and i'm only like 16 now. I'm trying. So why is this game promoting toxicity, and if it isn't then why aren't they doing anything about it?

EDIT:

Yeah i'm sorta ranting here, but it's also like feedback/need advise too. From someone who's new to this game, we all start somewhere.

14 Comments

Yumeii3 votes

Where to start...

Well I guess first off a lot of people like to create secondary (or tertiary, or more) "smurf" accounts for (insert reason). So even though they may be experienced and knowledgeable about the game, their matchmaking score is a clean slate since they started a new account. This teams them up with other similarly low-MM people, which unfortunately includes actual new people. The disconnect in skill level is most likely due to this.

As for dodging, it incurs a penalty when queueing for your next game. And that penalty increases the more you continue to do it. So that's why people don't want to leave champion select.

Moving into the game now, if people start screaming at you for doing poorly, try not to get riled up and simply re-explain your situation: you're still new and trying to learn. Some people may have forgotten between champ select and game start.

If they're were being extremely rude, or continue to be so, report them at the end of the game (the ! symbol at the end-game stats screen). Mute them in-game if it doesn't seem like they'll shut up or if you just don't want to see their chat anymore.

Whatever you do, don't go insulting them back. It doesn't matter who started it, you're responsible for how you conduct yourself. If you respond like a jerk, you will likely also get reported.

STOPAC2 votes

I never return the favor when it comes to insults. I have done the whole mute thing, sometimes I warn before I mute so that they know just to ping me. On occasion i'll use the report feature, i used to do it more often but i just kept running into toxic players that I just figured reporting them doesn't really do anything.

Yumeii3 votes

I guess I should have added this too: don't bother telling them you're going to mute (or report). Just do it and move on. More often than not, if they were hostile already, then telling them you're going to do it is just going to make them more hostile. Sure, you may not see any of it after you mute but the rest of your team does.

As for whether reporting does anything, it does. You can read all the lovely posts in this forum where people proclaim their innocence and explain why they shouldn't have been banned despite all the punishments they received.

That aside, reporting one person does just that. Reports the one person. Running into a different toxic player in your next game has nothing to do with the previous one. The thing to remember is that people actually have to be reported to get caught. So if everyone assumes reporting does nothing and don't bother with it, no one will get caught.

Moving into speculation territory now, but when a toxic player has reached the 4th tier of punishment, their account is perma-banned. They'll create a new account if they still want to play, but if they haven't learned their lesson, they'll end up repeating the cycle. Surprise! You end up with a bunch of toxic people constantly stuck in the "new player" zone. Again, speculation.

STOPAC1 votes

Ah, I see. Yeah I could see how that could go south then. Well alright, I'll just do my best to plow through it without causing more hostility. Thanks for your replies, they really gave me a lot of insight.

Guy Fox Teemo1 votes

Because Internet and Video game.

Also they do , do things about , its just that keeping track of 67 million + players, some bad apples stay in the patch for longer.

(Or you're just really freaking unlucky)

STOPAC2 votes

Does the reporting system really work though? I heard the pairing system recently went through some changes and i'm thinking that's why i'm grouped with people who know the game far better than me. Look they got a right to be upset, i am a major disappointment compared to how they play. I'd like to see how I fare against people who are just as experienced as me though.

Kei1432 votes

it does !! Riot has said many times that it helps tremendously.

btw, Welcome to LoL. I suggest you read up a bit about the reporting system via the link below, if you are curious enough. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/tvviuURj-multiple-reports-and-other-misconceptions

You are most likely doing pretty well against people of your same knowledge, which is probably why you are paired with the people whom are much stronger than you.

LoL does have a pretty huge learning curve. I suggest you start trying every single champ (use them during free rotations) at least 5-10 times and use every item a few times.

Sometimes even just trying them out in custom bot games (1v1 against a bot) is good enough to learn those champs. Yes it doesn't grant any XP, but you'll have to do that eventually. So it won't reallly matter if you do it at lvl 16 or lvl 30.

STOPAC1 votes

Hmm, ok thanks i'll try that out. And thanks for the welcome to the game. I'll give that link a look over as well. Thanks again.

Umio1 votes

{quoted}

I suggest you start trying every single champ (use them during free rotations) at least 5-10 times and use every item a few times.

IMPORTANT:Knowing what champs will do to engage/evade you is key to "outplaying". Knowing their stuns/slows/snares etc is key to staying alive. This is so much easier to do if you learn to play them yourself.

No flash no life1 votes

Because toxic pros, being toxic, are going to lose their games no matter how good they are since they had no intention to win to begin with. Thus, insufficiently skilled players who tend to lose more would end up with pros that purposely harm their teams to lose more games. Your best bet is report and hope riot will remove them, which riot has been too lenient at thus far.

Dominick Destine1 votes

why is this game promoting toxicity

We have a live one here.

I predict he will have a "PERMABANNED BC MY TEAM INSULTED ME" thread within 6 months.

STOPAC1 votes

I don't get it.

Umio1 votes

{quoted}

Look, I get it. I'm not playing the way you want me to and you could do better. My point is, the amount of time I've put into this game is probably around less than a month. I don't know all the champs. I don't know all the ults to the champs. I don't know all their mechanics. I don't know If one champ does attack damage or magic damage.

I try to let people know i'm new from the very beginning so they can dodge or whatever the hell it's called. For someone who's like less than a month in total game time I think i'm at least showing the effort by trying to read up on terminology and stuff regarding ults, champ roles, etc etc.

So why does this game pair me with all these super player people? And why don't they leave when i mention just how new I am. I want to love this game it's fun when i'm with my friends but the kicker is that they're all max level and i'm only like 16 now. I'm trying. So why is this game promoting toxicity, and if it isn't then why aren't they doing anything about it?

EDIT:

Yeah i'm sorta ranting here, but it's also like feedback/need advise too. From someone who's new to this game, we all start somewhere.

Add me. Id like helping people. Curse: HF1086

jpguy9021 votes

Yeah the new player experience in League is down right awful and I'm sorry you have to put up with it. Just keep doing what your doing and try to play with friends as often as possible. You'll naturally pick up on other champions ults and kits as you play the game. Just keep girding to 30, you can do it!

And i know its tough to ignore people when they are people just plain mean. Unfortunately your best course of action is to reexplain your situation and if they are still asses just mute them and pretend they are cpus.

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